Deidara
ran into the room giggling fiercely. "What are you doing Deidara?"
Sasori asked. Deidara just kept giggling. He ran onto Sasori's bed
and jumped behind him. A screaming Itachi could be heard running in
the hall of the Akatsuki hideout. "What did you do to Itachi?"

"All
I did was eat some of the mochi that he left out… and the dango and
some okonomiyaki. And 3 takoyaki balls un." Deidara opened his
mouth wide and showed this two hands palms open showing Sasori his 3
mouths.

"I
see." Sasori didn't even look up from the puppet he was working
on.

"What
are you doing Sasori-Danna? Looks cool un." Deidara looked over
Sasori's shoulder to get a closer look.

"Get
off me! Go away I'm working!" Deidara sat back with a sad puppy
look on his face. Again he got up to Sasori's shoulder and hovered
over him.

"I
just want to see what you are working on Danna, since we both like
art un."

"You
call those dumb explosives art? Art is something that can endure the
test of time and never fade. Things that live forever are works of
art. Humph. It's a pity that you consider those pieces of scrap to
be art."

"You
don't have to be so mean about it Sasori-Danna un. We just have a
different opinion. That's all." Deidara went and sat next to the
redhead and looked intensely at the work he was doing. Sasori stopped
and stared at Deidara with an angry face. Deidara shrugged away
confused. "What's the matter un?" Sasori just sat there
staring, then after a while growled and went back to his puppet.
"Hey! What was that for Danna un? What'd you growl at me for? Did
I do something bad un?" Again Sasori looked up frustrated.

"Just
leave Deidara! Go to your room or something! Leave me alone!"
Deidara was shocked at the way that Sasori was screaming at him.
"Now!" Deidara's eyebrows came down to make it look like he was
mad. Deidara's eyes were glazed over with tears, but didn't spill
over. He quickly left the room and shut the door quietly behind him.

"Dammit.
Why am I always so mean to him." Sasori sighed and went back to his
work.

Deidara
was walking down the hall sniffling and hiccupping with his head down
so no one would notice the tears running down his face. Kisame walked
by then stopped. "Hey! Deidara!" Deidara stopped and wiped the
tears from his eyes.

"Yeah
senpai un?"

"What's
the matter? I know you were crying. Is it Sasori again?" Deidara
didn't say anything. "C'mon. Let's go down here." Kisame
was the only civil one in Akatsuki. He was the only one that Deidara
could talk to about his "boy" troubles. They went down to the
kitchen and Deidara started rummaging through the cupboards for
anything chocolaty. "Ok. So what's the scoop? Usually your happy
when Sasori's around."

"I
just don't know why he's so mean to me all the time un. I try to
be nice and like his art, so why is he so mean to me un?" Deidara
had found some candy bars and started eating them nonstop. He was
still crying, stuffing his face, and talking at the same time.

"I
think you should hold off on the candy. It's all over your face and
I can't understand a word you are saying." Deidara looked up,
swallowed what was in his mouth and went and sat down next to Kisame.
Since both of them were… (You know XD)… Deidara could open up to
Kisame. Better than Itachi, Kakuzu, Hidan, or any other male Akatsuki
member. Konan was an exception because well, she's a girl, and she
could relate to Deidara's feelings. If Kisame weren't around, he
would talk to Konan. "Just tell him what you're feeling. It can't
hurt to be honest with him." Kisame and Konan were the only ones
who knew that Deidara liked Sasori.

"But…
what if he doesn't like me back and he thinks I'm gross un? And
what if the other Akatsuki members find out un? I'll be the
laughing stock of Akatsuki and Pein-senpai will kick me out of
Akatsuki un. Then… then… I'll never…" Deidara broke down at
the thought. "I'll never be able to see Sasori-Danna again un."
Kisame twisted his face up and thought of a way to make Deidara feel
better.

"The
other members of Akatsuki are oblivious. I mean c'mon! Don't you
think they would have found out about…" Kisame blushed, "about.
'Y know. Remember? Around Christmas time?" Deidara had a
flashback of when he accidentally barged into Itachi's room to find
him and Kisame entangled in the bed sheets.

"Oh. You mean that un?"

"Yeah…
that." Kisame was blushing so much that Deidara could see it
on his sea-blue skin. Deidara giggled and then Kisame loosened up and
started to laugh. "Don't you think that if the others were smart,
that they would've found out about me? Or you? They're all
stupid. It doesn't matter to them." This seemed to cheer Deidara
up some. He got up to put the remaining candy bar back in its place
and shut the door.

"Uh-Oh…
un"

"What
is it?" Deidara pointed at the label on the cupboard.

"This
is Itachi's cupboard. I ate all his candy un."

"Jeez.
First you eat his lunch, now his candy. He is going to be pissed."

"Sorry
un."

"It's
ok. I'll say I ate them."

"Thanks
Kisame un." Deidara got up and started to walk down the hall with
his head down. He went to his room with a big sigh. " I wish he
would notice me. I try really hard un…" Another tear ran down his
face. He swiped it away and straightened up. " I just need to be
confident!" He went to his bed and plopped down on it. He took of
his shirt and let his hair down so it could fall down to his
shoulders. It was dark in his room. He fell onto his bed arms
outstretched feeling the satin sheets of his bed. He sighed and
rolled over. "OH! I know! I haven't worked on that in a while!"
Deidara sat up and ran over to the corner. He was secretly making a
little clay sculpture of Sasori, that wasn't explosive. He'd
shaped it almost to perfection and now had to do the little details.
"Now, when this is done, I'll be able to be with Sasori-Danna
even if he's not around un^^."

He
looked around struggling to make his eyes adjust to the darkness.
"Damn. Maybe in the morning un." Deidara got up from his work and
stood at the side of the bed. With a sigh, he started to move down to
lie on top of the sheets when suddenly he was swept and gagged with a
hand into the darkness. "Umph!" Deidara hit his head and almost
lost his consciousness.

To
be continued~

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